Are the eggs dead?

rkinley

Songster
5 Years
Mar 6, 2016
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How long can a hen be off the nest on day 14 ish and the eggs survive? My girl started with 8 and is down to 3 from various issues (hens pecking, possible snake) so we moved her to our “broody coop” last night and this morning she was pacing to get out and the eggs were cold. I can move her back to the original nest but will the eggs still be alive? It’s been 9.5 hours now.
 
Can you take them in a dark room and candle them? You have to search for any movement in the eggs. At day 14 they should be able to survive some hours without heat, how many depends on the temperatures that you have.
You can try moving her on the original nest but if the moving broke her broodiness (maybe yes, maybe not, it all depends on the hen) she won't sit on these eggs anymore.
 

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